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What is real? Navigating the Architecture of Reality
Language philosopher Bry Willis explores the philosophical problem of reality by arguing that standard debates oversimplify a complex issue into a binary choice between realism and idealism. The author proposes breaking down the question of existence into four distinct dimensions: ontic commitment, constitutive dependence, epistemic access, and representational adequacy. Different thinker perspectives are examined, including Enfield's view of perception as a lossy channel, Lawson's concept of closure, and Latour's flat ontology where all actants hold equal standing. Building on these…
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